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Directions ; In this section, there is a passage that has some blank spaces, each with four words or group of words. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Most of our food comes from agriculture, so we tend to believe that it is ______ (1) of natural biota. This is not true. In nature, _______ (2) plants and animals ______ (3) to the rigours of natural selection. Only the fittest survive. _______ (4) wild populations have numerous traits for competitiveness, resistance to parasites, ________ (5) to adverse conditions,_______ (6) other aspects of vigour. In contrast, populations grown for many _______ (7) under the pampered conditions of agriculture tend to lose these traits, because they _______ (8) for production, not resilience. For example, a high-producing plant _______ (9) lacks resistance to drought is ________ (10) and the resistance to drought is ignored. Also, in the process of breeding plants for maximum production, all genetic variation is eliminated.
What would come in blank space (10)?
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Download Solution PDF- The passage discusses the traits that are often lost in plants that are grown in agricultural settings.
- The appropriate word should describe a measure taken to ensure that a high-producing plant can thrive, despite its lack of resistance to drought.
- "Irrigated" fits well as it refers to the supply of water to plants to assist them in growing, thereby addressing their inability to withstand drought.
- Other options ("heated", "showered", "deserted") do not fit the context of compensating for a lack of drought resistance in agricultural settings.
- Heated (गर्म किया हुआ): "Heated" means made hot or warm, which does not address the plant's drought resistance.
- Showered (नहाया हुआ): "Showered" means sprayed or sprinkled with water, which might vaguely fit but does not precisely convey the consistent supply of water needed for agricultural plants.
- Deserted (परित्यक्त): "Deserted" means abandoned, which does not fit the context of agriculture where production is managed.
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